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Mobile HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Headless HF/VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
Professional Airband Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? ? ?
Freq. stability ? ±1 p.p.m. (0 - 50 °C) ± 1 p.p.m.
Tuning steps 5 / 6.25 / 7.5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 25 / 50 / 100 kHz 10 Hz increments between 100 Hz and 100 kHz 8.33 / 25 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 25-512 / 806-960 / 1240-1300 MHz 25 MHz - 3 GHz 108-137 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM   S-FM   N-FM   W-FM   AM  
Sensitivity FM: 0.4 µV (12 dB SINAD) 25-225 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.6 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
**225-1700 MHz
N-FM: 0.35 µV (12 dB SINAD)
AM: 0.8 µV (10 dB S/N)
N-FM: 2.0 µV (12 dB SINAD)
1.7-2.7 GHz
N-FM: 0.6 µV (12 dB SINAD)
2.7-3.0GHz
N-FM: 1.5 µV (12 dB SINAD)
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Selectivity ? N-FM +/-10 kHz 60 dB
AM/S-FM +/-6 kHz 60 dB
W-FM +/-180 kHz 60 dB
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Filters ? 6 kHz, 15 kHz, 300 kHz ?
Receiver system ? conversion superheterodyne ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 255.3 / 744.3 MHz
2nd: 10.7 MHz
3rd: 455 kHz
46.35 MHz / 450 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 2W (8 Ohm) max.@ 10% distortion (no internal speaker!) ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - 118-137 MHz
Modulations - - AM  
RF-output ? ? 6 W PEP, 1.8 W carrier

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12 - 16V DC 7.2 V DC (BP-288), 11.0 V DC (External DC Jack)
Current RX Max 700 mA 500 mA 90-500 mA
TX - - 1.8 A max

Physical

Manufactured Between 2006 and 200x in China (designed in Japan) Between 2006 and 20xx in Japan Between 2018 and 20xx in Japan
Dimensions 177 × 69 × 168 mm
(6.97 × 2.72 × 6.61 in)
203 × 30 × 228 mm
(7.99 × 1.18 × 8.98 in)
59 × 148 × 32 mm
(2.32 × 5.83 × 1.26 in)
Weight 1.33 kg (2.9 lbs) 1.80 kg (4.0 lbs) 384 gr (13.6 oz) with antenna and BP-288
Form factor Mobile Headless Handheld

Other features

Memories 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 100 channels/second 1000 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 25 channels/second 300 channels in 15 bank(s)
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Air-to-air / air-to-ground communication
Features CTCSS & DCS. Alpha-tags RS-232C RS-232 and USB computer interface (19200 bps)
10.7 MHz IF OUT
Bluetooth
GPS
IP57 dust-protection and waterproof construction
2.3-inch Large High Visibility LCD
VOR Navigation Functions
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN UNIDEN-BEARCAT-UBC000785XLT AOR-SR-002200 ICOM-IC-A000025NE